Yesterday’s post
on workplace pet peeves
got me thinking
about what mine were.
The top one has to be…
That we spend most of our lives
(8 hours a day, 5 days a week)
at work
yet we often don’t expend
any effort or dollars
to create our ideal work environment.
We expect the company
to do it for us.
Today,
my replacement at the business gig starts.
The nice (and normal) thing
is for her to be taken out for lunch
with her new team.
My boss has no budget for a lunch.
It was assumed
that would be the end of it.
Nope.
You see,
this woman is taking over my responsibilities.
If she’s not happy,
she’ll leave.
If she leaves,
I’ll end up working there forever.
I don’t want that to happen.
I have novels I want to write.
So I’m organizing a lunch.
Because I’m organizing it,
no one is assuming I’m paying
their way.
I WILL pay for the new employee
and for my own lunch
but that is a small price to pay
to make her feel welcome.
You spend most of your waking hours
at work.
Make it the happiest place
it can possibly be.